Tarot and Totems :: Paradise Rose
Posted: April 30, 2012 Filed under: ART, COLLAGE, INTUITION, INTUITIVE ART, SYMBOLISM, SYNCHRONICITY | Tags: ADD, Attention Deficit Disorder, Tarot, Timer 2 Comments »
Collage also by Dove Star, “Paradise Rose“
I have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), so timers going off in my apartment is not uncommon. Last count, I have four of them–two in the kitchen (not counting the ones on appliances), one by the computer, and one in the bedroom-bathroom area. I couldn’t function well without timers. I often set three in what is usually a futile effort to get my head out of the computer before hours and hours have gone by. My focus is like a laser beam, especially when I’m on here doing my collage thing, or some other endeavor that totally captivates my brain and heart. What kinda frightens me is that I often don’t hear the timer going off (even though it’s only a few feet away)–or, more often, I simply ignore it in such moments.
Just now, an amazing thing happened. Synchronicity of the most extraordinary kind. I didn’t realize it, but I had three timers going. Each set for different times and at different times as I puttered around my apartment. I had one set for an hour to remind me to check on some chicken I have cooking in the crock pot. I’d set the one in the bedroom to remind me to finish a task I’d started in that area–lazily pushing that timer’s start button in passing. Using the time that was already on it–34 minutes and some odd seconds. Not long afterward I put some water on to boil for tea. I’d set this third timer (one of the two in the kitchen) first for 3 minutes to boil, then afterward 11 minutes to steep–the time I always use for prepping my peppermint and other herbal teas.
All three of those timers just now went off at the same time. I’m like, are you kidding me?–as I sat there letting this 3-alarm synchronicity continue, letting it penetrate my brain, marveling at the most unlikeliness that such a thing would happen. Oh-sure, two of them have gone off at the same time before in the past. Not a common thing, but I wasn’t all that enamored with that level of synchronicity. But three–each of them set at odd times…that amazes me. What further fascinated me was in realizing that when I set the timer for the tea, for 11 minutes, each of the other two timers had to have also been right at the 11-minute mark in that very moment. And the number 11, one of “my numbers,” is potently on point for me at this time. Among other things, it represents a need for BALANCE.
I was sitting at the computer eating my dinner when the three timers went off simultaneously. I had JUST clicked on a comedy clip on Hulu called “Don’t Give Up.” I mean, I had just clicked on it. That phrase very much aligns with my life situation. Just like the balance message, which I’ve been getting prolifically in the last few days. This collage above that I did last night also has the balance message. The rose is rising up from the middle or the center (hint, “get centered”), pushing and breaking apart the black-and-white checkered foundation, breaking through this representation of extremes and patterns, with its growth–its strength. The bicycle is also a symbol for balance. It carries 3 butterflies, representing transformation/change, in its basket… The Dragonfly, inhabiting both air and water, also represents balance. Air (Swords in the Tarot) representing the head, thought energy, and water (Cups in the Tarot) representing the heart, emotion.
My art is purely intuitive, I never know what will come, what the message will be. The message via this collage is that “paradise” (peace, happiness, contentment, joy ) isn’t, won’t be, found with any extreme. Paradise, peace, is found somewhere in the “middle.”
I hear this message, I get it, I understand and I agree. But I haven’t been heeding it. Been too busy with that “giving up” thing. Or at least that’s the energy I’ve been dragging around with me, in a big way, lately. I haven’t given up yet though, I continue to wrangle with my “demons.” But it’s nice and encouraging to get a “Don’t Give Up” message from the Universe–especially in such a potent 3-alarm-blaze way, ha. Encouraging, yes, but I also see in it, and realize, the urgency. I humbly bow to the Universe and continue on, hopefully in a less “giving-up” way… The 9 of Wands in the Tarot comes to mind. The image on this card is a guy who’s had the shit kicked out of him, a battered and tired soldier. It’s all made him very on guard, maybe a little too defensive. But this is a card of strength–he’s so earned it. If he can just hang in there a little longer, draw from that strength, this card’s message is one of victory at the end of what has already been a wickedly long and challenging journey.
Peace,
Dove
www.TarotwithLove.com
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Gabriel Trumpets on Time…After Time
Posted: April 10, 2012 Filed under: TAROT, ART, SYNCHRONICITY, COLLAGE, INTUITIVE ART | Tags: Gabriel, Angel Gabriel, Cyndi Lauper, Saturn 2 Comments »
Collage also by Dove Star, “Time After Time”
I’ve been neglecting my blog… Um, for a lot of reasons, but especially because I haven’t felt the pull to write. Until now. Synchronicity moves me, and it never ceases to fascinate. I experience it all the time, and often ask myself, if I share this, will it benefit someone out there? Will they begin to see that this life is truly “magical,” that we are? That it’s all just a “dream,” a dream that our energy creates? I don’t know, but I like to think there’s some kinda good in my sharing these things. A synchronicity this evening spurred me to make a blog of it.
In the last several days, I’ve felt compelled to do a daily one-card reading at an online website. Drawing from cards of angels. The first one I drew was the “Angel of Miracles.” I could definitely use one of those about now… A day or so later, I drew the “Angel of Talent.” There was a potent synchronicity with that one as well, I wrote about it under the collage (“Golden Eggs”) I created that day. That collage seemed to be encouraging me toward writing. And today’s, the “Angel of Gabriel.” As I began to read through the lengthy interpretation, I realized this Gabriel energy aligned with the Star card in the Tarot. Encouragement to focus on the positive–and maybe a bit of a warning that we get what we “wish” for (our thoughts and emotions fuel our manifestations).
While that page was still open, I meandered over to Hulu and started watching an incredibly goofy new sitcom, called “GCB.” Caricatures of southern women and their beloved Jay-sus ;-) A comedy… I think. While watching this train wreck of a show, I was going back and forth reading about Gabriel and all the particulars of his “visits.” It mentioned how we may notice a lot of honking of horns when he’s around or messaging us. That was interesting, because both today and yesterday, I had taken note of such. I’ve so potently awakened to the “dream-ness” of this reality, that I always take note of sounds, events, everything that happens around me. I remembered a moment today when someone honked outside my apartment–I remembered it because in that moment I was contemplating something, and wondered to myself, is that (honk) a thumb’s up or thumb’s down on this issue?
After I finished reading the Angel Gabriel interpretation, and could stomach no more of that GCB show, I decided to go play on Polyvore (create collage). I have a plethora of images saved for doing the collage, and decided I would spin the wheel on my mouse several times to hopefully land on a fresh page of items. I was first drawn to a picture of a long, dark turquoise gown, and then a gold clock. I quickly clicked on both to get them on my “canvas.” It was only then that I noticed an angel blowing a horn on top of the clock. For real, not a vision :-) I’m thinking, uhhhh, that’s kinda sync-y. I clicked on the description of this image to see if it mentioned Gabriel. It didn’t. Then I clicked to the site where it originated. It described it as “winged figure with trumpet.” Just for fun, and to see if Gabriel would come up, I googled “winged figure with trumpet.” And there was “Gabriel” in the very first entry. I reached over to my Tarot cards to ask them what’s up with all this Gabriel business. Without shuffling, I cut the cards while asking this question, “What is it Gabriel wants to tell me?” I drew the Star card–the card that I felt aligned with the Gabriel card. The card on the bottom of the deck was the 9 of Cups, yet another card that indicates we get what we wish for (focus on). Gabriel is now whispering to me, “Believe and it shall be so.” ;-)
When I first went clicking to find out more on the gold clock, Polyvore took me to a page where it shows if the image has been used in collages. The one that came up was mine, one that I created a while back. It called itself “Time After Time.” I used lots of clocks, timepieces. A mechanical heart in the center. The heart has been today’s theme … The time mention brings to mind Saturn. Yesterday I was drawn to read a bit on Saturn (astrology, trying to understand my “Saturn singleton”), and I’m remembering it mentioned time being a significant element for Saturn. As I was asking about Gabriel’s message just now, the Wheel of Fortune came up several times. Ah, patterns, time after time, over and over. I know this message well. Tired old message, tired old patterns. The other “theme” in the last few days has been the Hanged Man energy… release, sacrifice, resurrection…Judgment and Death cards… A need to let that old stuff die, and rise up out of that muck, and into the heart. On Wikipedia, it says the video for Cyndi Lauper’s song “Time After Time” is about a runaway leaving her lover behind. Her lover, symbolic of leaving her heart behind, which is what we do when we keep re-living old patterns, addictions, fear, the “crazies.”
What’s most frustrating…is seeing these things with such crystal clarity and yet being so steeped in the muck–like being in quicksand–that it doesn’t seem possible to get out of it. Regardless of all the potent and continual messages from those wonderful other-dimensional beings. When you feel like bricks are piled high on your chest, like you’re suffocating from it all, when just breathing takes tremendous effort… And ya’ look around at our world and wonder, is there really a reason to make that effort? I want to believe there is. So I asked my cards, “Is that enough, just wanting to believe?“ I drew the 2 of Swords, with the caption “Peace” on it. Be at peace, it says. The Judgment card in the background. Choices being the overlap between the two. “Where am I now, Gabriel?”–I just now asked my Tarot cards. I drew the Star card with the 9 of cups in the background–again. Again both cards representing that we get what we “wish” for. The Star card can also represent peace. It’s all about peace, a need to find peace. The Star card is number 17, which equals 8 (1+7). With the 9 of cups, they equal 17. The number 8 represents power, strength. I know there’s no power greater than the power of a peaceful heart. But it is so fleeting, so difficult to maintain. Especially in a world gone crazy…
I know, Gabriel, as long as we stay “crazy,” the world will stay crazy. Time after time, a never-ending circle–of our energy. And so, I’ll endeavor to “surrender,” release to find peace–I’ll give in, but I won’t give up.
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Update: More synchronicity with this. In reading this over just now, I clicked on the link to the originating site of the gold clock. Amazing, I wrote this blog really late last night, and didn’t even notice the sync-y name under the clock, “Linda Horn” … not only the mention of “horn,” but even the name “Linda” for me is incredibly synchronous right now… a person I’ve put off contacting. An important call that needs to be made, like yesterday… And even the lizard part of this logo. The lizard can represent false beliefs, illusions–it speaks of those horrible old insidious beliefs, lies in our subconscious, that hold us back, that create not-so-good stuff in our lives.
After I finished the blog last night, I went to prep for bed, and saw yet another sync with this. I’d forgotten that really early yesterday morning, I felt off-the-charts creative. I was coming up with some awesome ideas–and I came upon these little glow-in-the-dark stars that I’d kinda tucked away. Hmmm, they glow in the dark… (a push to stay positive–glow–no matter how bleak things appear.) With hardly even thinking about it, I came up with the cutest little crafty thing with them, using some tiny wire I had on hand. Took me almost no time to create it. I hung it on a picture of a famous female bodybuilder from the past that I’ve long admired. I’d hung this picture in the bathroom for inspiration a day or so ago. I saw these glow-y stars, my little artful creation, enhancing this picture of strength, upon prepping for bed. In a dream, this picture would easily represent strength :-) I used 4 stars, that number can be about power, it can be about holding too tightly (fear) to something, it is the number of the Emperor (power, being one’s own authority, confident), it is the number on a couple of Tarot cards that represent getting still, finding peace and healing. The power of peace.
As I considered whether I would add these two additional synchronicities to this blog, our routine local emergency siren went off. Horn? As contradictory as it might sound, it’s urgent that our world (we) find peace. That we take action with a confident, peaceful heart.
Dove Star
www.TarotwithLove.com
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Tarot and Totems :: Respect Yourself
Posted: March 20, 2012 Filed under: ANIMAL TOTEMS, COLLAGE, INTUITION, INTUITIVE ART, SYMBOLISM, SYNCHRONICITY | Tags: Express Yourself, Madonna, Skunk, Wolf 2 Comments »
Madonna portraying a masculine persona in the music video for "Express Yourself". (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
While doing a collage early (early) this morning, I asked myself, “Why in the world am I doing this Madonna tribute collage in the wee hours of the morning?” As I continued on with it, I started hearing what I thought were the words to her song “Express Yourself.” Ha. No, I didn’t (apparently, per Googling it) know the words. But what I’d thought were the words was actually the most potent message in this. Thing is, what comes to us is significant–even if “incorrect.” There really is no “wrong,” it’s all about experiencing this life, learning and growing from it. Life is what we believe it is. We are what we believe we are.
That said. I started hearing her song like this, “Don’t settle for second best baby… respect yourself.” (She actually says, “Don’t go for second best … express yourself,” which plays into the message here as well.) Kept hearing that over and over as I worked on the collage. Then remembered I’d recently gotten the Skunk totem (via a picture that I “re-pinned” on Pinterest a day or so before), very much about self-respect. It came with Wolf and monarch butterfly totems… That butterfly speaks of life being short, and encourages us to milk every bit of the good juice out of it. Enjoy life.
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“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”
“I’m tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a b*tch, okay.”
“When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.”
“Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.”
“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.”
~Madonna~
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I’ve always liked Madonna for the same reason I love cats. And I know many people don’t like either for the same reasons. And that is because they do as they effin’ please. They look out for and take care of themselves. They’re free spirits. They’re AUTHENTIC. They are the “king” (in control of) of their own world. They don’t stay silent when they’re not pleased. Ya’ gotta respect yourself to do all of those things.
So the message… Respect yourself. Respect yourself by being authentic and speaking up rather than fearfully settling for less.
Immediately after finishing the collage, I noticed (and made a comment under it) how I’d placed the crown on Madonna’s head. The crown seems to be coming from, growing from, her throat in the younger image above her. It never ceases to fascinate me how we do these things unconsciously. The symbolism in it being placed there around her neck is such a potent message. It speaks of this power source, our “king-ness” (authenticity, freedom, control of our lives–our personal power) that’s found in the throat chakra. It’s saying, here’s your power! In your voice, in speaking up, in speaking up for ourselves and others, in expressing ourselves, our own opinions, our creativity. In saying clearly what we do (and do not) want. In this collage, it’s saying this is how Madonna acquired and maintains her power, this is how she grew strong–by expressing herself, using her throat chakra in a powerful, creative and authentic way.
Several hours after writing this (right after doing the collage this morning), I was drawing cards online at a site with both Tarot and totem cards. I drew a one-card totem reading. Amazingly, it was the Skunk, bringing home the message once again. Respect yourself.
Dove Star
www.TarotwithLove.com
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You deserve the best in life
So if the time isn’t right then move on
Second best is never enough
You’ll do much better baby on your own
~ Express Yourself, Madonna
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Tarot and Totems :: Big Balls, Balance
Posted: March 13, 2012 Filed under: ANIMAL TOTEMS, ART, COLLAGE, EMOTIONAL HEALTH, INTUITION, INTUITIVE ART, SYNCHRONICITY | Tags: balance, Pinterest, Tarot 2 Comments »
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Collage also by Dove Star, “Big Balls & Balance”
It’s bright and early, 4:30 AM or so, Tuesday morning, March 13, 2012. I’ve already experienced a potent synchronicity that’s bringing home the message for the day. The picture above says it all. I say that because of this synchronicity…
This is a collage I created about two months ago. I just now hopped onto my new found love Pinterest (just joined yesterday, ha) and as I scanned the multitude of images, I immediately saw a familiar one. It’s a picture I used in the above collage–two months ago. It calls itself “Big Balls and Balance.” A lovely name, I know ;-) The big balls are symbolic play–it’s about having courage, a need to have courage and to be strong. It was true for me when I did this collage, and it’s sure as hell a message for me in this moment. For oh-so-very-long, I’ve felt like I was about to, well, drop off “the edge.” And I’m now at a most horrifying point. I know better than to fear, but…
This peaceful little nook in the background of the collage (the synchronous image from Pinterest) exudes a calming energy. A huge window with nature shining in, a cushy place to sit, and books all around. Clean, clear, uncluttered–very much in contrast to the foreground. In a word, heaven. That is, if we can get ourselves to sit down, get still, relax and enjoy it…take the peace in, let the “crazy” out.
The heart chain strung in front of this wonderful space is making a clear statement about a need to move into the heart, feminine energy, passivity, receptiveness, silence, and peace… Just breathe for gawd’s sake, ha ;-) A need to find “balance,” and silence is where we’ll find it.
All those balls–the moons, the crystal orb, pink and purple-y balls of all sorts–are also representing a lot of energy. First of all, the moon can represent a lot of fear, feeling lost. It also speaks of a lot of spiritual, intuitive, “crazy,” and creative energy. Energy that’s buzzin’ about all over the place–bounce-y, bounce-y, like a pinball machine. The person (a girl, I think) who posted the sync-y picture on Pinterest had the word “Penis” (strong symbol of male, action-oriented energy) in her profile picture. The word was formed in kind of a cutesie way, “cutting it” with the camera from another word on a large sign. Even that “cutting it” speaks to me of a need to “control” that forceful masculine (wanna “do it now”) energy, that I wear so often. An energy that needs to be “tamed” by female, get-still energy.
The ball gowns at first puzzled me, and I couldn’t find an interpretation online. Note, I don’t plan these images, very little thinking. I search for the collage pieces with “feeling.” Easy–whatever I find beautiful or feels good and right goes into the collage. It doesn’t have to “make sense” in that moment. So I asked my cards what the ball gowns were about, what they were representing. I drew the 4 of Wands, a card of celebration, freedom, feeling excited about life. The image is usually two people outside in nature, dancing and joyful (it’s often interpreted as a wedding). Dancing, “playing,” enjoying life–feminine energy.
Now before I got on the computer this morning, and so before I came upon the synchronous Pinterest picture, I had already drawn cards for the day. First I’d asked my Medicine cards for the totem message for the day. I winced in drawing the Alligator. But then smiled at the background card (card on the bottom of the deck), the sweet, joyful, playful Otter–personified feminine energy. Otter is actually one of my totems, I do love to play :-) The otter is sweet and child-like–most of us don’t realize the power in those characteristics. The Alligator always unnerves me. It looks so creepy and ferocious, all those scary teeth and that wicked look. Interestingly it can be a symbol of goddess energy.
One interpretation describes it this way: “Alligator totem contains the unbridled creative forces of the world, the fury and ferocity of Primal Energies. It is the symbol of creation and destruction.“ (linsdomain.com) The Alligator totem represents raw, untamed energy. The Alligator seems angry and ferocious–the opposite of sweet, playful Otter. We’re both of them, both sweet and ferocious. And we mess up (suffer) when we stay too long in either extreme–excluding, repressing, dishonoring, ignoring the other. And so the need for “balance.” But most of us are more Alligator than Otter, some just hide it better than others–and/or express it in more insidious ways (think passive-aggressive). Alligator can represent a need for emotional (water) balance.
Since the sight of the Alligator kinda made me cringe, I quickly grabbed my Tarot and asked for its message for the day. Hoping the cards would not look so ominous. I drew the 4 of Swords with the 2 of Cups in the background. Ah, a need to get still, pull back, get quiet and move into the heart. Get clear, find clarity, find that all-important balance. The number 2 is about balance as is the total of these two cards, the number 6 (number of the Lovers card). The 2 of cups is one of the love cards, often about self-love, intuition and balance.
I drew all of those cards right before coming upon the synchronous picture that guided me back to my “Big Balls and Balance” collage. Very cool and sync-y, yes? The Universe will keep on keepin’ on when it comes to giving us its messages. It loves us that much. We must be pretty darn special ;-) Look around, open those eyes, the world is prolific with messages for us. And it wants the best for us. It’s only the lack of that feeling in and about ourselves that keeps us from having it (love, and all “the best”).
The loving message for today: Find balance … “Be still and know.”
Peace,
Dove
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Tarot and Totems :: Purple Flowers
Posted: March 6, 2012 Filed under: ANIMAL TOTEMS, ART, COLLAGE, EMOTIONAL HEALTH, INTUITIVE ART, SYNCHRONICITY | Tags: individuate, Marilu Henner, Tarot, Totem 2 Comments »
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Collage also by Dove Star, “Purple Flowers”
Water, water, water … and I’ve drawn cups (water/emotion) cards so much in the last few days with my Tarot. Lots of emotional “stuff.” And this morning, the Universe put some potent signs/messages in front of me, pulling it all together. Now if I could just do what it’s advising, everything would be peachy ;-) I’ll give ya’ a tiny taste of what came. Marilu Henner is or rather was my kinda-look-alike celebrity. That is, years ago more than one person approached me with statements like, “You remind me of Marilu Henner, you know the girl on ‘Evening Shade.’” In the last few days I’ve felt a pull to see what she’s been up to, so I searched for her on youtube this morning. I found pretty recent videos of her on news shows for an extraordinary ability that she has. She’s one of only six people in the world with autobiographical memory. She can remember the details of every day of her life. Frickin’ amazing. Anyway, as I’m watching, my eyes are drawn to a couple of numbers on the page that are speaking to me. One representing fear and feeling lost, the other representing very specifically my childhood. Then I clicked on another video where she was also in the process of demonstrating her phenomenal memory ability. Then she said my birthday. Blew me away. So I wrote all this down to get a clear picture of the message. Very clear picture. Emphasis on memories, childhood, the past… I was typing my thoughts on it in a Notepad window in front of a website page where I’d been doing an online Tarot spread (in fact, the window is still open waiting for me to finish it, ha. I’ve no doubt it will further align with the messages I’ve been getting). Yet another mind-blower, as I typed, I noticed from that web page, a word immediately below my Notepad window…”individuate.” Just like that, with the period, that word totally isolated, even touching the Notepad window I was typing in. So much more, but that word pretty much sums it up. The birthday represents transformation, the Death/Rebirth card …
Anyway, back to the collage, which is a strong tie-in with the message above. After completing it, I went to read around on the totems. I discovered the duck is often the personal totem of psychologists and therapists. If I could “manage it,” I’d be visiting one on a regular basis…especially right now. The duck speaks of diving deep into our emotional waters to heal old wounds. Heal them and live in the present. Let it all wash away, like “water rolling off a duck’s back.”
The sweet little hummingbird is one of my totems, she’s a particularly good sign in this kinda topsy-turvy image. She represents joy, living in the sweetness of the present moment–which we can only do in truth once we’ve dealt with, and healed, those wounds from the past.
Peace,
Dove
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Tarot and Totems :: Queen of Cups
Posted: March 5, 2012 Filed under: ART, COLLAGE, CREATIVITY, INTUITION, PSYCHICS, TAROT | Tags: Anger, Queen of Cups Leave a comment »
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Collage also by Dove Star, “Queen of Cups”
The Queen of Cups in the Tarot is sweet, loving, nurturing and dreamy. An awesome card to draw if we’re asking about love :-) She’s very motherly–she embraces everyone, big-hearted and always ready to help others. I wanna call her voluptuous. She’s also psychic, intuitive, creative–all the milk of our emotions.
This is also the card we’ll draw when we’re feeling moody or “emotional.” This queen swims in emotion. And like us and everything, she has her “dark” or negative side. I think that wicked-looking girl in this collage kinda spooked some of my Polyvore friends, ha. But hey, it’s up to us to temper or pacify that “wickedness.” It’s our choice–and ignoring this very real part of us isn’t the answer. If you think it is, take a look at our world and what our hidden, disrespected emotions have manifested. Oh-yeah, it’s all about what lurks within us. When we ignore that dark side–repress our feelings of anger, sadness and such–we make ourselves sick and/or we’re not nice to be around–to say the least. Our “dark” side becomes a problem only when we disrespect it, ignore our true feelings of anger, fear and sadness–and when we hate and deny our healthy and mucho powerful sexuality (it creates human life, ’nuff said).
We aren’t saints and it’s not good for us or the world to try to be–or pretend that we are. If we need to cry or say the “F” word (or whatever it takes to express those powerful “dark” emotions in an effective and safe way), then say it and be done with it. It’s just a word. But it helps to release our powerful anger. Note how you feel when you say it, and afterward. Hence, it’s healing :-) If you don’t wanna say it, write it. And for sure we shouldn’t hate our dark or shadow side, it’s part of us–and it always will be. We have that side of us for a reason, it’s integral to our being. If we respect it, it will respect us.
Peace,
Dove
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Bling-Mobile and the Tarot’s Chariot
Posted: March 3, 2012 Filed under: ART, COLLAGE, CREATIVITY, INTUITIVE ART, SYNCHRONICITY | Tags: Athena, Chariot, Tarot 3 Comments »
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Collage also by Dove Star, “Bling-Mobile”
When I started this collage yesterday, I thought it was going to be just a little light-hearted play. But then at the end just for fun, I tossed the jester face on there–it landed so well, I loved it. At that point, it came to me how this reality, this world, has made a mockery of women, of our female element in general. The Heart, we mock the heart (emotion, intuition, creativity, spirituality–all that we truly are), which women are symbolic of. We brainwash women into believing they must be a fantasy to be valuable. We don’t really believe in the power of–the treasure in–the heart. And women have mostly potently paid the price.
Not long after finishing this collage, I drew a Tarot spread online, and the outcome card was the Chariot. I’ve been drawing that card out the wazoo lately. Then I remembered how earlier I’d been going through some notes, and was drawn to a little piece of paper with the word “control” written on it (a note about computer stuff, control key). In that same moment, it dawned on me that I’d just created this collage with a Chariot (car/vehicle) theme. Intuitively. Always amazes me. The Chariot card is about control, hard control (the Strength card is about soft or gentle control). The note had only “Control +/-” on it. A code combination I’d learned online that will enlarge the text on the screen, or make it smaller. So it seems like a message encouraging balance with that control thing. In other words, a good blend of both head and heart, masculine and feminine energy. Admittedly, I tend to go from one extreme to the other (Libra). After doing the spread, I was reading different interpretations online for the Chariot card. I liked this excerpt from Aeclectic Tarot’s website:
“First, you must armor yourself,” the Charioteer strikes the chariot and then his breastplate with a gauntleted fist, making both ring out. “Next, you must focus on your goal, where do you mean to go, what do you mean to do.” The warrior nods to his beasts. “Your steeds keep the wheels turning, but it is your control and direction of them that gets them to their destination. Dark and light, they must be made to draw in harmony, under your guidance.” The Fool nods. That makes sense. “What if someone or something gets in your way?”
The Charioteer coolly meets the Fool’s gaze. “You run them down. Your aim is victory, and to be victorious you must have unwavering confidence in your cause. Never question, never doubt what you’re trying to achieve. Never lose your focus or your motivation.”
You’d have to know my pretty rough background, upbringing, and overall life situation, to understand why I most strongly resonated with “you run them down.” I’m exceedingly self-protective (a significant other from the past had PTSD–like attracts like). If I have the slightest inkling that someone wishes to harm or disrespect me, I quickly go into warrior mode–and, no doubt, sometimes too quickly. I do tend to resonate more with masculine energy. I know that’s confusing from someone called “Dove” :-) I can be a sweetheart, very much so, very compassionate (commercials make me cry, ha). Even so, I do feel the dove energy is meant to help me get more comfortable with my “sweetness.” Also in alignment with the dove and part of my energetic mix is Athena, goddess and peaceful warrior.
The message that came about our world disrespecting women, the Heart–it speaks of neglecting my own heart and feminine energy. I’ve been drawing the 6 of Wands almost as much as the Chariot–the two of them, they both represent confidence–or a need for confidence. So that is also a message here. Be strong and confident. So many of us women draw faux confidence from our bling, our appearance and all. And then as we age, and life happens, we lose that superficial “confidence.” It wasn’t real, meaningful, substantive. Real confidence comes from deep within, knowing and truly loving, accepting, understanding and respecting oneself. It comes from truly knowing one’s inherent value. The Chariot says go there, remember what you’ve endured and overcome, remember who you are–be her, be strong, be confident, focus, be determined, and you’ll overcome all obstacles. It takes both head and heart.
Peace,
Dove
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Inner Battles and Mastering Our Dragons
Posted: March 1, 2012 Filed under: ART, COLLAGE, CREATIVITY, INTUITION, INTUITIVE ART | Tags: chess, conflict, Life, Symbolism Leave a comment »
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Collage also by Dove Star, “Inner Battles and Mastering Our Dragons”
What came to me after completing the above collage…
Just remember, we are all the “pieces,” the king, the queen, and the pawns. We are the Game. Everything “out there” simply reflects what is going on within us.
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Tarot and Totems :: Magical Fox
Posted: February 27, 2012 Filed under: ANIMAL TOTEMS, COLLAGE, CREATIVITY, INTUITIVE ART, MAGIC, TAROT | Tags: Fox, magician, Strength, Symbolism 2 Comments »
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Collage also by Dove Star, “Fox Totem :: Magician”
Isn’t this baby absolutely stunning… The Fox is one of my many totems (animal energies that are part of our “soul”). Fox is known for being kinda magical. In some animal Tarot decks, she is the “Magician.” I didn’t want to cover her beautiful tail, but that patch of roses just seemed perfect there–to show one of her key characteristics. Invisibility, the art of camouflage. She has a keen ability to blend in, become unseen, when it suits her objectives. She is a survivor, decisive and quick when she needs to be. When she comes around, bringing a message for us with her presence, she speaks of observing what people do over what they say. The red Fox speaks of releasing one’s creative energy (very on point for me at this time). It is yet another message about staying in tune with our feminine energy (creativity, intuition, emotions). Fox is also one of my “tween” totems (doves also “live on the edge”). She’s magical, but also earthy–four paws firmly on the ground. Her tail is especially sacred, representing her power. It also helps her stay balanced. She advises us to wrap ourselves up with it–with our own inner strength.
Love & Stuff,
Dove
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Tarot and Totems :: Comfy Quilt
Posted: February 26, 2012 Filed under: ANIMAL TOTEMS, COLLAGE, CREATIVITY, INTUITION, INTUITIVE ART, SYNCHRONICITY | Tags: Art, Collage, Fool, Tarot Leave a comment »
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Collage also by Dove Star, “Comfy Quilt”
Just completed this collage. It speaks volumes to me, but I especially like the sun barely putting his, um, toe in the tea, lol. I mean, fella, you’re the Sun–and you’re skeered of hot tea? ;-) That’s exactly how it landed when I first put it in that spot. I was about to “fix it” when I realized it was a cool message.
Yep, this one is about one’s comfort zone, holding back, unwarranted fear, and all that “lovely” stuff. And there’s the ever popular Dragonfly that’s been so prominent lately (can represent the awful “beliefs” we were taught or pummeled with as children–that still hold us back). I noticed the “O” in the design close to the dragonfly–zero is the number of the Fool card. It’s about a need to have faith in oneself, and the process of life. It also represents unlimited possibilities. Most of the quilt blocks are pics of paper. That symbolism could suggest, among other things, a need for expression in many areas–emotional, creative. Definitely a need to write. An intuitive years ago saw a giant pencil beside me. I’ve still yet to take that message as seriously as I need to. Overwhelm seems to kick in every time I consider all the things I should and would like to write about .
Love & Stuff,
Dove
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